When it comes to business, maximizing sales and profits are two fundamental objectives. Sales maximization is a business strategy that a company implements when it wants to focus on generating as much ...

Maximizing corporate profit, as an idea, seems straightforward, simple and obvious. In terms of basic managerial policy, however, it's anything but. Maximizing corporate profits, at first blush, seems ...

I asked Prof. Bainbridge whether I could cross-post this from Corporate Finance Lab, and he kindly agreed: What is the purpose of a corporation? Is it, as Nobel Economics laureate Milton Friedman ...

Matt Lee is the founding partner of Atlas Growth Capital. He has 3+ years of experience as a consultant and startup advisor. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial ...

Since the late 1970s, when American companies were fat and complacent, the focus of American business has been on the bottom line. Spurred on by activist shareholders, private-equity firms, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the creation and management of exceptional wealth. The ability of portfolio company senior executives to use ...

Fund manager James Montier sparked a modest sensation a few weeks ago with a speech and Web presentation claiming “shareholder value maximization is the world’s dumbest idea.” In a nutshell, his ...